Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf tallied his second candidate for check of the year last night (this is the first) against the Rangers when he absolutely destroyed Michael Sauer in front of a packed house in Toronto, one that included Phaneuf's own father.
As you can see in the video above, Phaneuf connected on a brutal (but clean) hit on Sauer along the boards near the point late in the third period of the game. Sauer was pretty shaken up after the collision and understandably so considering the fact that the pain train Phaneuf hit him so hard that Sauer's stick snapped in half and his helmet was dislodged.
Sauer is listed with an "upper body" injury which, in the NHL, can really mean just about anything from a fat lip to a Level 3 concussion so it will be interesting to find out what kind of damage the hit really did.
I can guarantee Sauer didn't enjoy his own murder, but it sure looks like Papa Phaneuf did. High five!
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